Class: General English Math Pedagogy

Date of lesson:
05/11/2014

Time of lesson:
12.50-13.50

Length of
lesson:
60 minutes

Student-Teachers
name:
Timothy Albornoz

Main Aim:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to make future plans for the weekend or holidays, orally.

Exponent(s) :
This weekend, I am going to the supermarket.
Jack is going to play videogames during the weekend.
Sarah is going to take his children to the park.
Joshua is going to travel abroad in January

Assumed Knowledge:
Use of going to for future plans
Week days and months vocabulary

Target Language: ( Linguistics items use, meaning, form)

Subject+ be + going to + verb

Anticipated Problems:

Aids:

Ss may get confused with the use of going to and will for future plans.
Ss may not apply the structure during the production stage.
Ss may not understand the contextual use of going to for future plans.

PPT.

Stages

LEAD-IN

Procedure
What I am going to do

T starts the class introducing

what communication is, and how
people use the language for
different uses. Then, T asks Ss to
provide different uses of the
language, if they know any.

What I am going to say

Instructions, CCQs, Feedback,etc

Good morning everyone, I am

happy to see you here again.
Today we are going to change
our focus a little bit, because
we are going to talk about
communication.
What is communication for
you?
T writes on the board some Do we use only the language to
communication uses and types.
communicate?
What we use communication
for?
One of the most powerful tools
that we have is our language,
when we speak; we transmit
hundreds of messages per
second. So, for today our main
objective
will
be
to
communicate via speaking.

Skill

Time
(min)

Interaction
T-Ss;Ss-Ss;etc

Speaking

5 minutes

T-Ss
Ss - T

Speaking
PRESENTATION

T introduces the topic for today To narrow all our possibilities

and asks Ss if they know in communication, we are
something about the topic.
going to take a particular one:
making plan.
When do you make plans?
T uses CCQs
Do you often make plans or
you are more spontaneous?
On Monday, did you talk about
this with your teacher?

T shows a picture of his grandma

and tells Ss a story related to
how he made a future plan
according to his grandmas
invitation.

This is my grandma; she is

very good at cooking. On
Saturday, she is going to bake a
pie, so she invited me to her
home in San Pedro to have a
slice of pie. So, I talked to my
mom and she said that it would
be a great idea to visit her (We
havent seen her for a long
time). We decided to make it a
plan. So, this weekend I am
going to visit my grandma.
Did you get what type of

15
minutes

T-Ss

T based on the story provides Ss

with the structure to use when
making plans.
Subject + be + going to + verb +
complement.

structure I used when I talked

about my weekends plan?
Ok, this is how in English
people makes plans. They can
be used for different situations,
but always for long plans that
were thought an extensive time
before.

PRACTICE

PRODUCTION

T presents a set of five pictures

about different people showing
what their plans are for next
weekend, and Ss have to provide
the sentences in a chart prepared
by the teacher on the whiteboard.
After writing the sentence, Ss
have to read the sentence for the
class.

So, lets apply this structures in

short sentences. Look at the
pictures in the PPT, I would
like you to come up with the
plan that these people will have
for the weekend.

T asks students what they plans Finally, do any of you have a

are for the weekend.
plan for this weekend? How
often do you make plans, if you
do so?
.
T asks Ss to walk around the Now, I would like you to walk
class and get in pairs. Then, Ss around and get in pairs. Then,
tell their partners a plan that they tell our partner at least 1 or 2
have for this weekend and plans that you have for this
change the partner again.
weekend and change for
another partner. I will be
around if there is any doubt

Speaking

15
minutes

T- Ss
Ss- T

Speaking

25
minutes

Ss- Ss